þes

See also: yes, thes, and thés

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From Old English þēs, þēos, þis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /θeːs/, /ðeːs/, /ˈθeːz(ə)/, /ˈðeːz(ə)/

Determiner

þes

  1. these
Alternative forms

Pronoun

þes

  1. these
Alternative forms

Descendants

  • English: these
  • Middle Scots: thais, thois, theis

References

Determiner

þes

  1. (Early Middle English) Alternative form of þas (the, that, this)

Pronoun

þes

  1. (Early Middle English) Alternative form of þas (of that, of this)

Determiner

þes

  1. Alternative form of þis (this)

Pronoun

þes

  1. Alternative form of þis (this)

Adverb

þes

  1. Alternative form of þis (this)

Old English

Etymology

From West Germanic, the base being *þes-, from Proto-Germanic *þat.

Cognate with Old Frisian thīs, Old High German dese, Old Norse þessi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /θeːs/

Determiner

þēs (demonstrative)

  1. this

Pronoun

þēs (demonstrative)

  1. this

Declension

In later language the feminine genitive, dative, and instrumental singular is also þissere, þisre, and the genitive plural is also þissera, þisra.

References

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